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But her perception of the benefits of stretching profoundly transformed after she could no longer play cello or conduct orchestras in the wake of her 2016 breast cancer diagnosis—and a double mastectomy and subsequent medical treatments that followed thereafter.

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A viral start for Katie Blomquist In the fall of 2016, when Katie Blomquist worked as a first-grade teacher at a Title I school in South Carolina, a boy in her class asked her for a bike for his birthday. We tend to think about our other basic needs such as food, clothing, water, shelter and medical support.

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She flew to Port au Prince and took a boat to the island of La Gonave, which is home to 130,000 people living with extremely limited medical care. She also met a baby with Treacher Collins syndrome who needed urgent medical care. They added more staff, offices and a medical clinic.

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In September 2016, Hampton aimed to wipe out that painful experience by creating the Sit With Us app. Her Noah’s Arks Rescue charity pays the medical, rehabilitation and caregiving costs for dogs that otherwise would be euthanized. “We’ve helped 36 patients on their road to recovery,” Leeuw said—a road that still stretches on.

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An 18-year blogging veteran, Ajayi covers all things culture with a critical yet humorous lens on her website Awesomely Luvvie and wrote the instant best-sellers Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual (2021) and I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual (2016). million views. Amina AlTai. Kim Anthony.

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